Microsoft has added several handy windows management shortcuts to the Windows 7 operating system. These shortcuts can be used to dock the current window to the left or right half of the screen and to maximize or minimize the current window. Very handy for instance to display two windows next to each other on the [...]
- Author: Melanie Gross
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Creating Your Own Shortcut Keys For Your Windows Machine
Computer shortcuts enable you to cut even more time when doing various tasks in programs which is key for today’s tech savvy computer user. Nearly everyone knows a few of the more popular ones that are preset on every PC : Ctrl+c to copy, Ctrl+v to paste, etc. They really do save time, and learning [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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How To Configure System Wide Website Shortcuts In Windows
Many Windows users do not know that the operating system offers a flexible shortcut system to start programs but also open websites directly with the keyboard. Those who do often make use of those shortcuts to improve their workflow. One option that may come in handy is the configuration of website shortcuts, to launch websites [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Automatic Desktop Shortcuts With Desk Drive
Desk Drive is a free software program for Windows XP and Windows Vista that solves a problem for lazy users. Whenever you pop in a removable device you need to click on Windows Explorer and then on the drive icon to access it. Desk Drive on the other hand places a Windows shortcut right on [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Add New Keyboard Shortcuts
It’s rather strange that Windows does not ship with an easy way to configure keyboard shortcuts in the system. Enter HoeKey. A lightweight portable software that can be used to configure various advanced keyboard shortcuts. Keyboard shortcuts can be edited and added to the computer system by editing a ini file that contains all the [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Remove Invalid Windows Shortcuts
The computer desktop is not the only location where shortcuts can usually be found. The Windows start menu and the user’s documents and settings directory are two additional locations where lots of windows shortcuts can be found. The main problem with these is the fact that they do not get automatically updated if the user [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Create Shortcuts With Advanced Shortcuts Composer
Creating Shortcuts in Windows is not really that complicated. A right-click on a folder or file provides access to the create shortcut menu and there is also the option to drag and drop files or folders to another path which will create a shortcut when the CTRL key is pressed during the operation. The software [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Ten Windows Keyboard Shortcuts I cannot live without
When I’m helping friends and family members who are not that tech savvy with their computers I always notice that they do not use keyboard shortcuts. Instead of doing the plain old CTRL C, CTRL V to copy and paste selected text they use the mouse to do that. Thinking about this for a while [...]